Lutnick grilled on Nvidia chip sales to China by Sen. Chris Coons

Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., pressed Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick about allowing Nvidia ‘s H200 chips for artificial intelligence to be sold to China in a letter first reported by CNBC. The letter follows Coons questioning Lutnick at a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing last week. Lutnick said it was his understanding the U.S. had not sold any H200 to Chinese companies. “We have not sold them any chips as of yet,” Lutnick said in response to a question from Coons at the April 22 hearing. Lutnick’s statement contradicted remarks from Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, who told reporters in March that Nvidia…